Podcast: Play in new window | Download (45.8MB) Tweet No man is an island, Entire of itself. Each is a piece of the continent, A part of the main.→ You don’t live alone. You live with people in your family, community, culture, country and world. From each of these groups you’ve been impacted by all […]

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Tweet What do you want…? Amongst these pages is much of the content you want, but what else do you need? I have a limited understanding of your desires based on my knowledge but it’s important that I know from YOU what you want to ensure that I give you what you need. This short […]

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 18:42 — 26.0MB) Tweet Don’t forget the important insignificant people Too often we look to the things of our life to talk about. The places, adventures, heartache, career even the family but we don’t take the time to consider all the people of our Life Story. A […]

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Tweet If it all ended now, what would you regret? In early 2007 I knew that I had to make a decision, to dive off the cliff into deep water, not knowing what may come of it, or continue on my merry way doing what I had been doing for the last decade. When I […]

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 21:49 — 30.3MB) Tweet What is the cost and the benefit of recording a Life Story Value, cost and worth are all interesting terms. Most of the time we associate them with the financial cost of something but when we’re talking of a Life Story it’s important […]

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 35:56 — 49.7MB) Tweet The excuses driven by underwhelmed motivation You know that capturing a Life Story in some form is a great idea and maybe even occasionally at 2:30am you have had a little panic attack knowing that you need to get underway, NOW! …But then […]

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Tweet Don’t screw up and you’ll be better than most You’ve been there haven’t you? Maybe it’s a formal or a general conversation where everything starts well. Everyone is getting on just fine and then somehow it starts to unravel because you drop the bundle. You went in with the best of intentions but you […]

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 21:54 — 30.4MB) Tweet A life story for your family and the world So you want to produce a life story of someone… Maybe your own story, maybe someone else. And you want to record this life story because there is some information that you feel is […]

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Tweet The voice screams of emotion, text only whimpers. A biography is always more powerful when heard directly using the voice, rather than just the printed words when telling a story of your life. This is particularly important when it comes to events that are significant and poignant. Maybe it is possible for a skilled […]

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 26:14 — 36.4MB) Tweet Your Life Story can be anything you want. Your auto/biography is only relevant if it’s captured and if it’s consumed by others. So the best system is the one that people are most comfortable with using to create and share your Life Story. […]

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Tweet One of the great things about recording a Life Story is having the chance to mention what really happened. Many times, particular events will have occurred that people will see differently from you. While sitting down to record the many hours that is your Life Story there will be opportunities to clarify why something […]

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (0.0KB) Tweet Pause to create the space and rhythm of a conversation One of the things that always comes up when you decide to Create Your Life Story is how to deal with the breaks in conversation or the pauses. Sometimes pauses get in the way but often […]

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Tweet …But little Mouse, you are not alone, In proving foresight may be vain: The best laid schemes of mice and men Go often askew, And leave us nothing but grief and pain, For promised joy! I Screwed Up Create Your Life Story is all about the importance of communicating to each other, to share […]

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 47:39 — 65.8MB) Tweet Get the attention you want with some storytelling skills For all of our lives we tell stories. Stories to get our message across, to help others and to share some entertaining information. We share stories in all parts of our life, the most […]

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 40:28 — 55.9MB) Tweet You’ll never know what surprises there are until you Create Your Life Story! Here on Create Your Life Story I’m constantly wanting to motivate you to start on your personal Life Story project but I know that there can be several issues with […]

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Hi, I'm Ian Kath, thanks for dropping by to see how the content I'm producing can help you record a Life Story. I've been producing an online chat show, Your Story, to share the stories of others with the world for four years, using the skills I'm teaching here. Get content via RSS or email and follow me on Twitter. I'm always up for a chat.If you want help, and more information, get 'Recording Life Stories'